DHS expands animal disease surveillance project
Phase II of the Enhanced Passive Surveillance project will expand the types of animals tracked and increase the user base.
Most secure Web programming language? It depends.
Whether a website was built with new or legacy programming languages, the security risk is about the same, according to a new website security report.
Data sharing lets states collaborate on toll collecting
Transportation agencies in Maine, Massachusetts and New Hampshire have developed technology and policies to enforce toll collections across state lines.
Public interest labs to test open governance solutions
The Governance Lab at New York University and the MacArthur Foundation Research Network have formed a new research network, Open Governance, to study how to enhance collaboration and decision-making in the public interest.
Boston posts guide for civic engagement tools
Boston's Office of New Urban Mechanics together with researchers with Emerson College's Engagement Game Lab recently released a "lessons learned" booklet for developing and deploying innovative tools for engaging citizens.
NASA to test Google 3D mapping smartphones
Project Tango, Google's prototype 3D mapping smartphone, will be used by NASA to help the international space station with satellite servicing, vehicle assembly and formation flying spacecraft configurations.
Cities to test IP-only telephony
AT&T is a rolling out broadband fiber and wireless 4G networks in two cities following a decision by the FCC to run trials of IP-based phone networks.
GSA renews satellite-based training network contract
GSA renews Hughes' contract for the Government Education and Training Network, which provides distance learning via satellite communications.
Forecast warms for El Niño monitoring system
After reports surfaced that El Nino forecasts were losing accuracy due to lack of data, the National Weather Service announced it would repair 70 towering buoys used to track El Niño and La Niña patterns.
Open data front and center in Chicago
Chicago recently released its first open data report, providing a progress report on current and new initiatives for 2014.
Free situational awareness app gaining traction among California firefighters
The Next-Generation Incident Command System is being used by emergency management agencies in California for planning, response and recovery for risky and hazardous events – many of them wildfires.
Get out of jail or do more time? Risk tools help judges decide.
Former New Jersey attorney general leads an effort to develop risk-assessment tool to help judges make data-driven sentencing decisions.
NSA, universities push to establish cybersecurity as a science
The National Security Agency is sponsoring a competition for the best paper on cybersecurity, part of an effort to promote the practice as a science.
Virtual reality headset helps Navy simulate future workspaces
The Office of Naval Research, working with USC's Institute for Creative Technologies, has developed a way to give Naval leaders a virtual view of their operational future.
City mines eviction filings to slow homelessness
New York City's Department of Homeless Services is using analytics to anticipate evictions and help identify families at risk of becoming homeless.
Open data gurus share best practices
Governments are publishing best-practices guides for implementing open data.
Will Internet access improve in 2014?
FCC's Connect America Fund received over $255 million to provide broadband access to homes and businesses in rural areas of 41 states.
Will 'Skype for jail' replace in-person visits for inmates?
Corrections facilities across the United States are turning to virtual-meetings tech to help eliminate the expense and logistics of managing in-person visits, reduce contraband and provision health care.
You think you've got challenges?
Unmanned aircraft, autonomous robots and long-life battery power all part of NASA's Centennial Challenges.
Wiki to crowdsource changes to Calif. probate code
Citizens can draft, edit and view the bill's history via a wiki set up by California Assemblyman Mike Gatto.
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